Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [prep] the very [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Providing an answer , in contrast , is not simple and the search for it goes to the very heart of the Verkehrsberuhigung concept .
2 It goes against the very nature of man today .
3 Local authorities were anxious to redevelop the area as soon as possible , as it lies at the very heart of the town 's commercial district .
4 This is the first time I 've had someone round to tea in years , and it happens on the very day I become homeless .
5 The longer one is so possessed , the more difficult it is to exorcise the sasoo spirit , since , ‘ like a real spouse ’ , it merges with the very flesh and bone of the victim .
6 It relates to the very distinction between standard and other effects , and depends on what that distinction grants , that we sometimes speak of decisions and the like as effects without supposing that they issue from causal circumstances , which by definition are necessitating circumstances .
7 There is an argument that treason is a more serious offence , since it strikes at the very foundations of the State and its social organizations , but treason is so rare that it is surely permissible to treat homicide as the most serious form of crime .
8 Will the Secretary of State answer that question truthfully because it strikes at the very heart of democracy ?
9 It strikes at the very fundamentals of a free press , by placing a cost barrier on access to information .
10 Paradoxically , it dates from the very period in which Tristan was conceived ; in fact the Tristan drama itself was planned and its words written under Schopenhauerian influence — but influence of an ethical , rather than an aesthetic , kind .
11 It begins at the very beginning .
12 But worse is that it comes at the very moment Davies and Jeff Young , the WRU technical director , and forward-looking others have put into place a representative structure designed to facilitate the flow of full international candidates .
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